This episode is now available for free on YouTube and it's so good. 

https://youtu.be/j8DxdibHibU?si=dHHszZf1m63OxMF2

I get asked a lot of what living in Hawaii is like. As a whole its a magical and unique place. Grateful to have lived and grown up here, but it has challenges, a lot of them. Especially for the Hawaiian people (residents don't ever call themselves Hawaiian btw, even if you've been here for generations, only descendents are Hawaiian). John Oliver really nails a lot of the most pressing current and historic issues in the most entertaining and hilarious way. So good. 🤙 😁

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I grew up in Hawai'i too. I've lived on the mainland for a long time now, which has given me more perspective about how unique the islands really are. Bookmarked to watch this soon.

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Well, thank you, but I should clarify: I was born in Illinois. My family moved to Hawai'i when I was very young, though, so I grew up there.

I'm haole so I'd never call myself a "local girl" in the way that *actual* local girls do, y'know? 

I do understand Pidgin pretty well though. 😄

Awww, no wonder you're so easy to talk to. You're a local girl, being away from the islands doesn't change that. 🤙 😁

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Have you ever been to Hawai'i, Phil?

Because rumor has it there's a first-time IRL meetup happening in Honolulu in November... 😄

(Mirror World Island Role Call)

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I’m on the antipodean counterpoint  island 🏝️ to you guys…over the other end of the big blue pacific triangle. 
(Waiheke Island. South Pacific) 

Islands have wonderful effects on subjective quality, eh? Community spirit/feel amplified by non-ambiguous boundary lines (the warers edge), not some vague conceptual line drawn from the minds of cartographers.